Since the PiKVM came out in 2017, there's been an explosion of IP KVMs. I've tested almost every one . But what are they good for?
You can use Remote Desktop, Screen Sharing, or VNC to remote control a computer from anywhere on a LAN. And if you don't have a private VPN, you could use RealVNC , Raspberry Pi Connect , or wire up Tailscale or Pangolin for fully remote access. Those solutions are great, and so is SSH if you don't need a full desktop.
Since the PiKVM came out in 201...
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Mixed rockets Genhis
Imagine you are setting up your first space platform. You start building tiles, a full rocket-load is sent.
When you need belts, assembling machines or furnaces, again, a full stack is sent.
A small platform could request 10-20 automated rockets and leave plenty of unused items in the inventory.
The advantage is that you don't have to wait for more when you decide to rebuild it or add machines.
This is how we ...
It's Just Broken: Oh WordPress by Pup On Tech In a recent post, the Pup ON Tech perfectly captures the absolute nightmare that is building a self-hosted WordPress site. What starts as a simple VPS setup quickly devolves into a bloated mess of heavy themes, dozens of conflicting plugins, and rigid page builders. By the time you’ve fought with broken caching layers and terrible performance, you realise that fixing the bloat defeats the entire purpose of using WordPress. Read post ➡ WordPress...
This is amazing. I could hardly contain my excitement. In one moment, I held James’ latest story in my two paws. In the next, the story was published on the web. “This is the web,” James said; “it’s where dreams can come true.” In that moment, I knew I was in the right place. I had come to James’ Coffee Blog with great curiosity. I was curious about websites, and enjoyed reading what I could find on the web. I especially loved stories about everyday life – human perspectives on ...
IPv6 is weird. One of the more strange parts of the standard is that every interface's link local addresses are in fe80::whatever . If you have a machine with two network interfaces, both of them will be in fe80:: , so if you have a packet destined to fe80::4 , how do you disambiguate it?
The answer is you use IPv6 scopes/zones . The exact format of what goes into a zone is OS dependent, but on Linux it's the interface name and on Windows it's the interface ID. This lets the kernel...
Compilers, especially method just-in-time compilers, operate on one function at
a time. It is a natural code unit size, especially for a dynamic language JIT:
at a given point in time, what more information can you gather about other
parts of a running, changing system?
I don’t have any data to back this up—maybe I should go gather some—but on
average, methods are small. Especially in languages such as Ruby that use
method dispatch for everything, even instance variable (attribute, fiel...
Greece expands Shield AI V-BAT fleet for maritime operations
shield.ai
ATHENS (June 2, 2026) – Shield AI today announced that the Hellenic Army has signed a procurement agreement to grow its fleet of V-BAT vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) in support of Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) operations across the Aegean Sea.
The Hellenic Army currently uses the V-BAT to deliver intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The acquisition of more platforms will increase Greece’s ability to maintain persistent mari...
I can afford breakfast now! I can afford breakfast now!
A desk space comes down to arranging your gear so you can focus. Work, school, or gaming, the layout shapes how the day feels. This week, I refreshed my own corner. I wanted something dark and quiet. Here is how my moody desk setup turned out.
Finding Ideas for the Moody Desk Setup
I started by checking what other people had shared online. Browsing dark and moody desk tours helped me lock in the look. The mid-century style caught my eye.
I walked through the office and pulled pi...
Bear Mountain Bridge in New York, via Wikipedia . Many folks, including me , have observed that it seems to take much longer to build infrastructure in the US than it used to. People point to things like the rapid construction of the Empire State Building (one year) or the Golden Gate Bridge (just over four years) and note that for a modern infrastructure project it can take that long or longer to even get the permits or do the environmental studies. Via Threads . Note that as of 2026 permi...
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Let's start from the basics: can you introduce yourself?
I’m a programmer-type from rural Minnesota. I grew...
Programmers were better back in the day, weren’t they? Back when we had real programmers. Not just people who got paid to write code, but people who lived it, who were obsessed with their craft, and whose code was a lively expression of themselves. Hackers were hackers in those days before money took over the industry.
Don’t even get me started on LLMs. Could there be a better example of today’s degenerate spirit? A machine to mass-produce software (not good software, just barely good ...
“I will not say "Do not weep", for not all tears are an evil.”
― The Lord of the Rings
On my way to the last stop in New Zealand, I spent a good amount of time at the Ōhau Point Lookout , which is known for a nearby fur seal colony.
At one point, another photographer pointed out dolphins in the ocean. While they were quite far away, it was interesting to see their acrobatic talents in action.
My trip ended in Kaikōura , with a rocky beach right next to my hostel.
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Yesterday, National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt delivered her last annual State of the Sciences Address . Overall the talk basically calls us to adapt to the new reality that industrial and foundation support for research has taken a far larger role in academic research. I fear we may be losing the broad academic independence and exploration that has made our universities the envy of the world. Government funding for research has become more challenging to receive, more bureauc...
Greg Wilson has noticed that lots of folks are using dodgy metrics to figure out if AI tools are worth their costs.
Would you measure lines of code generated, or tickets closed? Or would you send out a survey asking whether developers feel more productive? Each of those approaches is flawed in a different way;
He lists lots of common metrics, and why they are flawed. Sadly he doesn’t give any suggestions on what would be better. In my view, since we cannot measure productivity ,...
I have been tinkering with a little tactics game not so different from Fire Emblem. One thing I'm doing that I think is somewhat novel in the space is involving a technique I learned from studying Timely Dataflow : partially ordered costs for pathfinding. In Timely, it's used to represent complex versions of time that allow for multitemporal processing .
I've written about this before but back then I didn't really appreciate all the applications of them. Every time I want to do something, ...
Sometimes Sydney Trains runs a special train, just for me! Or at least, I pretend they do. How luxurious.
As an aside, for those of you who live in cities with double deck train carriages, do you sit upstairs or down? I tend to sit downstairs, because the rocking motion of taller carriages is reduced slightly… though I admit the upper deck is more fun when I know I’ll be crossing the Harbour Bridge.
By Ruben Schade in Sydney, 2026-06-05. Sometimes Sydney Trains runs a special trai...
This post is a little side-quest from my “Kafka Share Groups and Parallelizing Consumption” series. My “Kafka Share Groups and Parallelizing Consumption” series ( part 1 , part 2 ) has been laser focused on how different configurations and behaviors affect parallel consumption in share groups (Queues for Kafka). So far I’ve shown that you most definitely can hold share groups wrong . You could quite easily and inadvertently create a work queue and with the right combination of things...
The book can’t compete with the screen. It couldn’t compete beginning with the
movie screen, it couldn’t compete with the television screen, and it can’t
compete with the computer screen. — Philip Roth
We’re halfway through 2026, and according to Goodreads I’ve read 80 books
so far, fiction and non-fiction and textbooks, including such doorstoppers as
Life and Fate (864p, astoundingly good). And I don’t feel like I’m
trying particularly hard. I still have plenty of tim...
A single server processes jobs that arrive randomly according to a Poisson process. Most jobs are quick (exponential service with small mean), but a rare few are very slow (exponential service with large mean). This hyperexponential service distribution has high variance. This post compares the performance of two scheduling disciplines in this situation:
FIFO (First In, First Out): jobs are served in the order they arrive.
SJF (Shortest Job First): the server always picks the shortest qu...
Do web components make your design system framework-agnostic?
adamsilver.io
I recently read a blog post claiming that web components can make your design system framework agnostic.
But this is down to the false dichotomy between engineers who:
love React (or the current popular thing)
hate React (or the current popular thing)
React is probably a bad choice for your design system. But that’s not an argument against libraries or frameworks.
That’s an argument for choosing something better than React.
Either way, the claim that web components give you a...
The Apple Watch is one of the most fascinating pieces of modern technology for me. A gorgeous screen, an abundance of sensors, and a bonkers amount of computational power in a tiny little package that fits on your wrist. It reminds me of the Vision Pro in that a good amount of the time I put it on I can’t help but smile at how far technology has come.
But it’s also weirdly something I’ve never used a great deal. Every few generations I buy a new one and try it out for a few weeks, but I ...
Sunday came, Sunday went, but the notes can be week notes any day they want to be.
Current situation:
A LIE. This photo is from Sunday when I started these and then did not finish them. It’s Monday now and I’m in bed with rice water toner pads all over my face. I will not be sharing a photo at this time thank you for understanding. I do feel very moisturized.
Monday 25 May: Memorial Day, also hospital day. Having to work certain holidays is a new th...
